Thin-Walled Composite Beams: Theory and Application / Edition 1

by Liviu Librescu, Ohseop Song

Overview

This is the first monograph devoted to the foundation of the theory of composite anisotropic thin-walled beams and to its applications in various problems involving the aeronautical/aerospace, helicopter, naval and mechanical structures. Throughout the theoretical part, an effort was made to provide the treatment of the subject by using the equations of the 3-D elasticity theory. Non-classical effects such as transverse shear, warping constraint, anisotropy of constituent materials yielding the coupling of twist-bending (lateral), bending (transversal)-extension have been included and their implications have been thoroughly analyzed. Thermal effects have been included and in order to be able to circumvent their deleterious effects, functionally graded materials have been considered in their construction. Implications of the application of the tailoring technique and of the active feedback control on free vibration, dynamic response, instability and aeroelasticity of such structures have been amply investigated. Special care was exercised throughout this work to address and validate the adopted solution methodologies and the obtained results against those available in the literature and obtained via numerical or experimental means.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402034572
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	03/22/2006
Series:	Solid Mechanics and Its Applications , #131
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	607
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.06(d)

Table of Contents

Kinematics of Thin Walled Beams.- The Equations of Motion of Open/Closed Cross-Section Beams.- Additional Equations of the Linear Beam Theory.- Several Theorems in Linear Thin-Walled Beam Theory.- Free Vibration.- Dynamic Response to Time-Dependent External Excitation.- Thin-Walled Beams Carrying Stores.- Rotating Thin-Walled Anisotropic Beams.- Spinning Thin-Walled Anisotropic Beams.- Thermally Induced Vibration and Control of Spacecraft Booms.- Aeroelasticity of Thin-Walled Aircraft Wings.- Open-Section Beams.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"The book of Librescu and Song is a monograph devoted to the theory of composite anisotropic thin-walled beams … . The monograph can be recommended to research engineers in applied mechanics and in application areas of aeronautical and aerospace, of mechanical, civil, and naval engineering, but also to graduate students and lecturers. … enables the reader to get an excellent overview and a deep insight in the thin walled anisotropic beam theory." (Johannes Altenbach, Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Vol. 86 (8), 2006)

"This monograph is concerned with linear and nonlinear theories of composite thin-walled beams, developed by the authors and their collaborators. … The material of the book is well presented. … The book will be of interest to all those working in the field of thin-walled structures. Specifically, graduate students in mechanical and aerospace engineering and applied mathematics as well as practicing engineers will find new and important results in this book." (Teodor Atanackovic, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1108 (9), 2007)

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